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The first quarter of Disney's 2015 fiscal year beat expectations by a wide margin, offsetting a modest decline at ESPN.

New technology that lets us pay for things with our phones sounds pretty amazing, right? It's convenient. It's easy to use. It could revolutionize the way we pay for things, making cash and credit cards obsolete. So now ...

Asian markets are mostly rising after US crude prices climbed for a fourth consecutive day, raising hopes the oil price crash may be nearing an end.

The World Bank launches an investigation into whether its chief financial officer and other top brass mishandled a $1 billion Chinese loan to the bank's poverty fund, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Talks between the United Steel Worker's (USW) Union and Royal Dutch Shell plc. (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) are still ongoing. The workers are protesting working conditions in the refineries, calling them dangerous, and also want ...

Shares of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) and Office Depot Inc (NASDAQ:ODP) rose significantly during trading yesterday on advancement of the merger issue. The stocks showed some price adjustment in the afterhours, with shar...

Remember the old step-by-step sequence of vacation travel? First, plan your itinerary, save up enough money. Then, go on the trip and shoot a few rolls of film along the way. Only then would you involve your friends—or...

Global sales of the drug, in its first year on the market, fell short of those of AbbVie's Humira, but Sovaldi outsold Humira in the United States.

Crude rallies again, extending four-day gains to 20%.          

The automaker's got a new car. Here's a look at its most memorable models since the company began making road cars in 1947

The tablet computer market isn't for growth investors, writes columnist John Shinal.          

While it’s not a proven fact, many of today’s successful business leaders believe traveling actually plays an important developmental role in becoming a better entrepreneur. From learning how to communicate in differ...

It's true that robos are competitors but human advisers are still better, it's just a mater of communicating value.

(Reuters) - China's central bank cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves on Wednesday, the first industry-wide cut in more than 2-1/2 years, as it increased efforts to shore up flagging growth in the worl...

General Motors announced its fourth-quarter 2014 financial results today, reporting strong profitability. The largest North American automaker recorded high pick-up trucks and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) sales, benefit...

The bicycle is making a comeback in Taiwan, but what is driving its resurgence?

In the wake of the financial crisis, when rating agencies were blamed for feeding a subprime mortgage frenzy, Congress used the Dodd-Frank Act to adopt a battery of changes for the rating industry.

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Another salvo has been fired in the ongoing ETF war and you, dear investor, are the winner.

The Galveston County Daily News is getting a new editor.

Then why do you expect a child from Africa to be able to? We construct a school in an impoverished, rural community, a place where hungry students crowd into a small building without electricity or running water to learn...